Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. Good preaching is hard work. That hard work includes the life you live, the text you select, and the message you craft. In this episode, H.B. discusses the hard work of biblical interpretation. What does the word work of biblical preaching involve? Book Introduction  Observational Reading  Word Studies   English Translation  Literary Context Structural Argument  Historical Background Cross References  Bible Commentary  Systematic Theology  Practical Application  The work of preaching is the highest and greatest and most glorious calling to which anyone can ever...

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, I want to discuss the vital role of the pastoral prayer in corporate worship. Pastors should be devoted to prayer and the ministry of the word (Acts 6:4). Therefore, our worship services should be filled with biblical preaching and believing prayer. As we model how to handle scripture from the pulpit, we should also model how to address the Father in prayer. To lead the pastoral prayer faithfully and effectively, you must prepare yourself to lead in prayer. We should...

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. Practice these, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress. - 1 Timothy 4:15 Godly preachers are growing preachers. We should grow in our example of Christlike servanthood. Likewise, we should grow in our exposition of the word of God. As you prayerful make plans for 2024, make sure you are intentional about growing in your preaching of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. How can you grow in your preaching in 2024? Read. Readers are...

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, I interviewed my friend, Victor Sholar. I met Victor at The Master's Seminary in Sun Valley, California. We had several classes together. Later, as he served as associate pastor of the Los Angeles Community Bible Church and a professor at the Los Angeles Bible Training School, we got to know each other better. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Sholar now pastors the historic Main Street Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky - where he has served since 2010. He succeeded...

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. During the Thanksgiving season, we preachers regularly remind our people why they should be thankful. In this episode, I want to offer that reminder to those who preach. The bottom line is this: Healthy preachers are thankful preachers. Are you a thankful preacher? Here are seven reasons we as preachers should give thanks... Redeeming Love  Ministerial Call  Public Ministry  Spiritual Growth  Gospel Progress  Ministerial Challenges  Sustaining Grace  Healthy preachers are thankful preachers. - H.B. Charles Jr. HBC2 RESOURCES:  On Preaching by H.B. Charles Jr. ...

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, H.B. chats with Toussaint C. Adams about his faith and ministry journey, and preaching the Book of Revelation. Toussaint Adams is the lead pastor of the Watson Memorial Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. (FUN FACT: I preached at Watson Memorial B.C. when I was sixteen-years-old - just a few months after my father passed away). A graduate of The Master's Seminary and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Adams is a faithful pastor and Bible teacher. With a firm commitment to...

Welcome to the On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. A good cook knows what to look for on a dish to determine if the meal is ready to eat. The same is true for good preachers. You have done your word work. You have a good sermon idea. You are eager to get to the pulpit. But is that meal really ready to be served? Here are seven questions to ask before you preach? Why have I chosen to preach this text? Are you burdened to preach this scripture? Is the text...

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, I interview Mike Gendron, president and featured speaker of Proclaiming the Gospel. Gendron is also the author of "Preparing for Eternity" and "Contending for the Gospel." I first heard Mike many years ago in a seminar chapel. His presentation of the gospel and confrontation of the errors of the Roman Catholic Church were faithful, clear, and compelling. I would later have the joy of meeting him, and inviting him to speak at the Shiloh Church in Jacksonville. He was scheduled...

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better. Planning your preaching is wise time-management. It enables you to spend the time you have to prepare in actual preparation - not looking for what to work on. Planning your preaching is wise spiritual leadership. To shepherd your congregation well, you need to know where you are going. And planning your preaching is a personal growth tool that facilitates your ongoing growth as a preacher or teacher. The best time to have started working on you 2024 preaching calendar was two months...

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, I want to talk to you about the priority and practice of the public reading of scripture. In my travels and observations, I note several elements of corporate worship that tell me a lot about a church's health and focus - namely, (1) corporate singing, (2) the pastoral prayer, and (3) scripture reading. Some church services contain no scripture reading. Others read the Bible perfunctorily. Word-centered, word-governed worship services begin with taking the reading of God's word seriously. Until I...

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. If my travels, I am asked what advice I would give to a young minister. It is a stark reminder that I am old enough for young preachers to ask this "old preacher" for advice. I often answer by quoting scripture. Biblical advice is the best advice. Good advice is also personal - coming from those who know you best. And the best advice is practical - principles to live by. With that in mind, permit me to give some free advice to...

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, we will talk about simple preaching. No, we should not dumb down the message. But we should not strive to be deep, profound, mystical, technical, or academic. We should not talk over the heads of our hearers. We believe in the perspicuity of scripture (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Scripture is clear. And the aim of preaching is to be help the hearer understand the truth of scripture. Jesus himself modeled simple preaching. And, throughout church history, strong preachers have been characterized...